Spring 2022 Season

• June 18: St. Rocco’s June Reading with Hannah Baer, Chel Miller, Erin Johanns at People’s Park.
• May 21: St. Rocco’s May Reading with Josha Edwards, Lynn Xu, Parisa Yekalamari at Urban Aftermath
• April 2: 12pm – 5pm. St. Rocco’s table at the FFAPL Poetry Book Sale
• March 5: 1pm – 4pm. 3rd Annual Baratynsky Day Reading with over 33 readers. Presented in Partnership with Ugly Duckling Presse University at Albany – Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Fall 2021 Season

• Dec 18: 4th Annual Midwinter Day Marathon – with 68 readers – list here. (Presented in partnership with Lee Ann Brown and Tender Buttons Press) 💻
• Nov 20: Daniel Nester and Karen Schoemer ⛺
• Oct 9: Cara Benson, Elizabeth Guthrie, Morgan Sherlock, and Lakota Levandowski ⛺
• September 18: 5th Anniversary Open Mic & Party ⛺
• August 21: Black Innovation Reading with Will Alexander, Hawa Allan, Manuel Arturo Abreu, Christopher Funkhouser, Duriel E. Harris, John Keene, Aristilde Kirby, Fred Moten, Victorio Reyes Asili, DglsN. Rthsjchld, Lauren Russell, Lauri (Ramey) Scheyer, Rone Shavers, Evie Shockley, J. Simmons, Christopher Stackhouse, upfromsumdirt, Nikki Wallschlaeger 💻

Spring 2021 Season

• June 19: Aimee (Harrison) Wright Clow, Alexis Bhagat, dgls.n.rthschld, Kenning JP Garcia 🌻
• May 15: Dispossessed for the Dispossessed (Marathon Reading) at Fahrenheit 451 in Catskill 🔥📚 +💻
• April 17: Clash Books Takeover – Leza Cantoral, Rone Shavers, Christoph Paul and Brett Petersen 🌻

Winter 20-21 Zoom Season

• March 6: Celebration of Russian Poetry (in association with Ugly Duckling Presse) 💻
• December 19, 2020: 3rd Annual Midwinter Day Marathon (in association with Rone Shavers/College of St. Rose English Department) 💻

2020 Summer-Fall Outdoor Season

A special series of readings outdoors at People’s Park / Gabi’s Garden, located at the corner of Grand St. and Wilbur Street.

• October 3: Isabel Sobral Campos, Sarah Giragosian, Julie Prisco
• September 19 erica kaufman, Cat Tyc, Anna Vitale
• August 15: Christopher Stackhouse, Shanekia McIntosh, Aristilde Kirby
• July 18: dgls.n.rthschld, Kenning JP Garcia, Alexis Bhagat, Sarah Giragosian

2019-2020 Season

• May 16, 2020: Dispossessed for the Dispossessed (Special Ursula LeGuin Marathon, via Zoom) ⛺
• April 18: Isabel Sobral Campos, Sarah Giragosian 📚
• March 21: Cat Tyc, erica kaufman and Anna Vitale 📚
• February 29: Philip Good, Sarah Noor Steadman, & Alan Casline 📚
• February 15: 10th Annual Zhivago Slog and Open Mic!
• January 18, 2020: Xavier Rene, Chloe Bliss Snyder 📚
• December 21: Midwinter Day Marathon with Bernadette Mayer and Friends ⛺
• December 7: Zak-Jak, Michael Peters, Alexis Bhagat (STREAM Salon) ⛺
• November 23: Marianne Shaneen, Bethany Ides, Ellen Rook 📚
• November 9: Spooky Edgar Allen Poe Reading 🍺
• October 26: Sandra Simonds, Joe Elliot, Lita Mottolo ⛺ (Flight cancelled)
• October 12: Rone Shavers (KNOW Reading Series) 🍺 (Do over)
• August 7, 2019: Laurin DeChae, Kenning JP Garcia, Jenn Marie Nunes 📚

2019 Extra Summer Season

• July 13: Pierre Joris (KNOW Reading Series) 🍺
• June 15: Nancy Dunlop (KNOW Reading Series) 🍺

2018 – 2019 Season

• May 18, 2019: Dispossessed for the Dispossessed (Special Ursula LeGuin Marathon) ⛺
• May 11: Rone Shavers (KNOW Reading Series) 🍺 (Postponed)
• May 4: Students from College of St. Rose: Danni Beltran, Sarah Clark, Jyo Kavil & Others 🌜
• April 27: Karila Warner, Christine Meyers & Others (Special reading on Campus of College of St. Rose) ⛺
• April 13: Anne Gorrick (KNOW Reading Series) 🍺
• April 6: June Gehringer (Special reading at University at Albany, organized by St. Rocco’s, sponsored by SUNY English Graduate Student Association) ⛺
• March 23: James H. Duncan, Meg Mahron, Chelsea R. Miller 🌜
• March 16: Elæ [Lynne DeSilva Johnson], Matthew Klane & Lori Anderson Moseman 🌜
• March 14: Lauren Russell (St Rocco’s Intervention in Hudson River Thursday Open Mic) 🌜
• March 9: Michael Peters (KNOW Reading Series) 🍺
• March 2: Celebration of Russian Poetry and Birthday of Evgeny Baratynsky 🌜
• February 23: 9th Annual Zhivago Slog & Open Mic on themes of woe ⛺ 🌜
• February 16: Rax King, Laurin DeChae, Amanda Galvin Huynh, D Colin 🌜
• February 9: Nicole Peyrafitte (KNOW Reading Series) 🍺
• February 2: Amy King 🌜
• January 26: Alexis Bhagat (KNOW Reading Series) 🍺
• January 5, 2019: Open Mic and Symposium: Aimee Harrison Farewell Reading Party 🍺
• December 22, 2018: “Midwinter Day” Marathon: Bernadette Mayer with Lee Ann Brown, Katy Bohinc, Shira Dentz, Marcella Durand, Cole Heinowitz, Erica Kaufman, Amy King, Michael Ruby, Adam Tedesco, Tony Torn, Sam Truitt, Sara Jane Stoner, Kina Viola-Cain, Marty Viola-Cain (Special 40th Anniversary Reading of Midwinter Day.) 🌜
• December 15: Leza Cantoral, Christoph Paul, Rone Shavers 🌜
• December 8: Holiday Party / Open Mic 🌜
• December 1: Dylan Krieger, Hawa Allan, Marina Blitsheyn
• November 17: Matt Mottel, Kate Gillespie (Salon and Performative Lecture by Mottel) ⛺
• November 3: Deitra Thompson, Jeremy Hoevenaar, Ben Nadler 🌜
• October 27: Liz Bowen, Chase Berggrun, Bridget Eileen 🌜
• October 13: Malcolm Flanigan, Carol H. Jewell, Sara Wintz 🌜
• October 6: Hagar Husssaini, Douglas Rothschild, David Abel 🍺
• September 22: Omar Pérez, Alifair Skebe, Sam Truitt (Special reading for Omar Pérez produced with WCAA 107.3) ⛺
• September 15: Billie Chernicoff, Mitch Manning, Julian Mostachetti, Tomas Panitz 🌜
• August 18, 2018: Caroline Crumpacker, Aimee Harrison, Cole Heinowitz 🌜

2017-2018 Season

• August 11: Joe Milutis, Keiko Uenishi. (STREAM Salon) (Lecture and Electronic Music Performance.) ⛺
• July 21: Emily XYZ, Brendan Lorber, Edwin Torres 🌜
• April 7: St. Rocco’s Reading for the Hudson River School: Mary-Kim Arnold, Shira Dentz, Kristin Prevallet (Special event produced with Essay Press) ⛺
• March 31: Cara Benson, Steven Seidenberg, Marty Viola-Cain
• March 3: Natalie Eilbert, John Mason and Edmund Berrigan ⛺
• February 17: Rone Shavers, Betty Rothstein & Anna Christian 🍺
• February 10: 8th Annual Zhivago Slog & Open Mic on Themes of Woe 🌜
• January 20, 2018: Amanda Galvan Huynh, Michael Leong, Kenning JP Garcia 📚
• December 16: Bernadette Mayer, Anna Moschovakis, Pam Dick 🌜
• November 19: Ada Smailbegović, Anna Gurton-Wachter, Citron Kelly, Ian Dreiblatt, MC Hyland (Double Cross Press Tour Plus) ⛺
• October 28: Adam Tedesco, Jorge Clar, Jerry Duran, Euro Hagen, Laura Neuman (Salon at Adam’s house) 🏠
• October 12: St. Rocco’s Works in Progress Open Reading 🏠
• September 16: Matthew Klane, Sarah Pinter, Ben Nadler 🏠
• August 26, 2017: Nick Montfort, Chris Funkauser ⛺

2016 – 2017 (Inaugural Season)

• May 20, 2017: Victorio Reyes Asili, Brenda Coultas, Tara Needham 🏠
• April 22 : James Bellflower, Laurin Dechae, adam tedesco 🏠
• March 18: James Duncan, Ralph Pennel, Clarese Portofino 🏠
• February 18: Buck Downs, Daniel Nester 🏠
• January 15, 2017: Kevin McLellan, Tracey McTague, Travis A. Sharp 🏠
• December 10, 2016: Michael Peters, Rone Shavers; E.S. Cormac 🏠
• November 12: Alexis Bhagat, Kenning JP Garcia, Alifair Skebe 🏠
• October 29: Aimee Harrison, dglsN.rthsjchld, Brandon Tankerslay 🏠

🏠 – Apartment salon (at Aimee’s house unless otherwise noted)
🌜 – Hudson River Coffee House
🍺 – Excelsior Pub
📚 – Urban Aftermath
🔥📚 – Fahrenheit 451 House
🌻 – People’s Park / Gabi’s Garden
💻 – Via Zoom
⛺ – Nomadic (follow link for location)